DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/19 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.4 - - 76.0 - - 69.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 134 - - 83 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1889 - - 3131 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1703 - - 2336 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2778 - - 4020 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 945 - - 1867 - - 2640 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 267 - - 278 - - 27 W* B/S - - - - - - 13 - - 10 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 062 - - 061 - - 075 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 408 - - 631 - - -1455 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2370 - - 3389 - - 2393 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1775 - - -414 - - -3838 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4553 - - 4434 - - 4776 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 88 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 740 - - 610 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.4 - - 76.0 - - 69.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 65.9 - - 64.1 - - 61.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.6 - - 75.3 - - 70.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 64.9 - - 62.8 - - 60.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 134 - - 83 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1889 - - 3131 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 78 - - 53 - - 7 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 12 - - 12 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99547 24 088 18 111 10 088 99547 92002 23 103 9 109 11 049 92002 86171 19 100 9 099 13 063 86171 81343 11 118 10 083 14 085 81343 77178 9 147 7 074 11 079 77178 73491 7 163 6 161 4 009 73491 70154 4 220 6 190 2 281 70154 67082 1 322 10 198 9 249 67082 64242 14 298 6 271 12 267 64242 61504 15 266 12 271 15 257 61504 58643 30 276 25 280 16 262 58643 55669 37 256 28 269 25 276 55669 52843 33 266 39 274 39 278 52843 50331 42 279 47 271 50 272 50331 48105 54 274 56 265 53 265 48105 46093 61 268 59 266 55 263 46093 44252 65 270 65 265 59 264 44252 42551 83 271 72 267 64 263 42551 40967 91 267 79 265 69 260 40967 39482 94 267 85 263 73 258 39482 38086 95 266 90 262 67 258 38086 36740 92 267 90 261 61 259 36740 35376 87 269 81 263 60 259 35376 33957 82 270 74 268 59 261 33957 32487 74 270 70 269 58 264 32487 30952 65 267 64 266 58 265 30952 29340 58 261 62 260 59 264 29340 27651 57 256 63 257 55 261 27651 25882 50 257 61 264 52 263 25882 24032 42 261 51 270 51 269 24032 22106 40 262 44 267 48 269 22106 20103 37 263 34 263 34 271 20103 18019 33 264 30 268 31 274 18019 15899 32 265 29 271 31 265 15899 13860 28 271 29 272 26 266 13860 12007 24 269 26 273 23 268 12007 10361 20 258 23 276 20 271 10361 8899 14 259 20 277 17 280 8899 7601 9 268 14 277 13 296 7601 6448 7 269 10 290 9 325 6448 5427 3 278 8 301 9 350 5427 4527 2 349 3*332 8 010 4527 3734 1 350 4*052 8 051 3734 3025 2*060 5 059 11 072 3025 2401 3*064 5 062 13 075 2401 1878 4 063 5 062 13 075 1878 1478 4 061 5 064 13 075 1478 1201 4 060 5 065 12 075 1201 1034 4 060 5 064 10*074 1034 938 4 059 4 064 7*075 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography